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The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Its fourteen member institutions, of which all but one are public schools, are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. The MIAA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[1] incorporated in Missouri.[2]
Formerly | Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1912–1992) |
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Association | NCAA |
Founded | 1912 |
Commissioner | Mike Racy (since 2017) |
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Division | Division II |
No. of teams | 14 |
Headquarters | Kansas City, Missouri |
Region | Central United States |
Official website | www |
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Originally named the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the conference was established in 1912 with 14 members, two of which are still current members. Six members (Central Methodist, Central Wesleyan, Culver-Stockton, Missouri Valley, Missouri Wesleyan, Tarkio College, Westminster, and William Jewell) were later removed from the conference in 1924 when it decided to only include the public schools. A majority of the charter members that left in 1924 have shut down their operations, or merged with another school. Over the next century, nearly twenty schools have joined and left the conference, with a few affiliate members. Some of those schools have reclassified to NCAA Division I.
The conference's current 14-campus makeup resulted when Lincoln departed the conference while Arkansas-Fort Smith joined the league for the 2024-25 season.
The current MIAA commissioner is Mike Racy.
The MIAA currently sponsors 20 sports – ten men's and ten women's. MIAA schools with additional sports compete independently or as part of a nearby conference. On July 1, 1992, the MIAA entered a new era when the conference changed its name from the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The name change originated in 1989, when Pittsburg State University and Washburn University became the first schools outside the state of Missouri to gain membership in the MIAA.[3]
The MIAA was established in 1912 with 14 member institutions. It included the five state teachers colleges in Missouri – Warrensburg Teachers College (now the University of Central Missouri), Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University), Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College (now Northwest Missouri State University), Southeast Missouri State Teacher's College (now Southeast Missouri State University), and Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College (now Missouri State University). It also included nine private schools – Central Methodist University, Central Wesleyan College, Culver–Stockton College, Drury University, Missouri Valley College, Missouri Wesleyan College, Tarkio College, Westminster College, and William Jewell College. Only Central Missouri and Northwest Missouri State remain members in the MIAA.
In 1924 the conference reorganized to include only public schools, and conference records tend to begin with that date. The schools left behind in the reorganization went on to later form the Missouri College Athletic Union, which would in time become the current Heart of America Athletic Conference in the NAIA.[4]
The Missouri School of Mines, later the University of Missouri-Rolla and now the Missouri University of Science & Technology, joined in 1935 to bring membership to six schools. The membership remained at six until Lincoln University joined in 1970, followed by the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1980.
Southwest Missouri State left the MIAA after the 1980–81 season to move on to NCAA Division I. In 1986, Southwest Baptist University brought the conference membership back to eight schools. In 1989, Pittsburg State, Washburn, Missouri Southern State College and Missouri Western State College – formerly members of the Central States Intercollegiate Conference – began competition in the 1989–90 season.[5]
Southeast Missouri State left the MIAA following the 1990–91 season to move on to NCAA Division I, and was replaced by Emporia State University in the 1991–92 season. Missouri-St. Louis left the MIAA in 1996, as did Missouri–Rolla in 2005. Lincoln forfeited membership in 1999.
Fort Hays State University joined the MIAA in 2006 and the University of Nebraska Omaha entered the league in 2008.[6][7]
On July 3, 2007, Southwest Baptist was granted independent status for their football team, while all remaining teams will stay in the MIAA.[8]
On July 8, 2009, the MIAA CEO Council voted to remain a 12-team league for the foreseeable future, denying an application by Rockhurst University (which does not have a football team but wanted to compete in other sports). The vote ended short term speculation about the League expanding to 16 teams divided into two divisions.[9]
Lincoln rejoined the conference in 2010[10] and in that same year, the MIAA CEO Council voted to extend invitations to the University of Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State University to become members of the league beginning in 2012–13, as well as Lindenwood University and the University of Nebraska at Kearney.[11] In 2012, the schools started to only play each other in football and play no non-conference games. At first, the teams that were closest geographically played each other every year and would rotate through the other conference members in other years. The move to expand the league was spurred at least in part after Northwest Missouri during its national championship game run had problems finding non-conference teams that would play it resulting in 2010 with it having 10-game rather than 11-game schedule.[12] In 2011, Nebraska–Omaha joined the Summit League and moved to Division I after the 2010–11 season.[13]
As Nebraska–Omaha departed in 2011, the membership of the MIAA downsized to 11. Central Oklahoma, Northeastern State, Nebraska–Kearney, and Lindenwood all joined in 2012–13, pushing the membership to 15. The league returned to 14 institutions when Truman left in 2013 to join the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).[14]
Southwest Baptist rejoined the MIAA in football for the 2013 football season, which meant that the schools would then play an 11-game conference football schedule with no non-conference games. In 2014, Southwest Baptist and Lincoln joined the GLVC for football only. This puts it so that all of the football schools in the MIAA can play each other now, instead of rotating.[15]
On February 8, 2018, Newman University announced that it had accepted an invitation to join the league as an associate member in all 14 sports it sponsors beginning with the 2019–20 athletic season.[16] On May 31, 2018, the MIAA announced that Southwest Baptist would be withdrawing its membership from the MIAA to join the Great Lakes Valley Conference full-time, effective August 1, 2019.[17] Lindenwood followed Southwest Baptist on October 4, 2018 announcing they would be joining the GLVC as well, effective July 1, 2019.[18] On October 18, 2018 Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma announced that it would be joining the league as an associate member, aborting a move to the Lone Star Conference.[19] They became full members on July 1, 2022.[20]
After more than 25 years at its current office at 17th and Main Streets, The MIAA announced that it was moving its offices to the newly renovated Hy-Vee Arena, which is formerly known as Kemper Arena.[21]
MIAA and GAC announced a partnership in June 2018 to combine their men’s tennis and men’s soccer leagues in both sports from 2019–20 academic year. Under the agreement, the MIAA will organize the tennis league and the GAC will organize the soccer.[22]
On January 26, 2023, Lincoln announced it was departing the MIAA following two stints of membership inside the association spanning 43 years. [23] On June 26, 2023, Arkansas-Fort Smith announced they had accepted an invitation to become a full-time member of the league. [24] Both changes occurred in time for the 2024-25 season.
MIAA Commissioners | |
Tenure | Commissioner |
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1981–1997 | Ken B. Jones |
1997–2007 | Ralph McFillen |
2007–2010 | Jim Johnson |
2010–2017 | Bob Boerigter |
2017–present | Mike Racy |
In July 1981, Ken B. Jones was appointed as the first full-time MIAA commissioner. He held the position for 16 years, retiring in 1997.[25] Ralph McFillen succeeded Jones, serving 10 years until retiring in 2007.[26] Jim Johnson then succeeded McFillen in July 2007 and served as commissioner until September 2010.[27] Bob Boerigter succeeded Johnson on September 20, 2010 as commissioner and retired on January 27, 2017.[27][28] On September 7, 2016, it was announced that Mike Racy would become the fifth commissioner of the MIAA, effective January 30, 2017.[29]
The MIAA currently has 14 full members, all but one are public schools:
The MIAA currently has five affiliate members, three are private schools and two are public schools.
Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment | Nickname | Joined | MIAA sport(s) |
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Augustana University | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 1860 | Lutheran ELCA | 2,113 | Vikings | 2021–22 | men's tennis | Northern Sun (NSIC) |
Harding University | Searcy, Arkansas | 1886 | Churches of Christ |
6,009 | Bisons | 2019–20 | men's tennis | Great American (GAC) |
Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | 1886 | Baptist | 1,716 | Tigers | 2019–20m.ten.; 2023–24m.wr. |
men's tennis men's wrestling |
Great American (GAC) |
Southeastern Oklahoma State University | Durant, Oklahoma | 1909 | Public | 3,889 | Savage Storm | 2019–20 | men's tennis | Great American (GAC) |
Southern Arkansas University | Magnolia, Arkansas | 1909 | Public | 4,138 | Muleriders | 2019–20 | men's tennis | Great American (GAC) |
The MIAA had 17 former full members, all but six were private schools. School names and nicknames listed here reflect those used in the final school year each institution was an MIAA member.
The MIAA had nine former affiliate members, all were private schools:
Full member (all sports) Full member (non-football) Associate member (other sports)
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association sponsors championship competition in ten men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports.
Sport | Men's | Women's |
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Football | ||
Golf | ||
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Volleyball | ||
Wrestling |
School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross Country |
Football | Golf | Tennis | Track & Field Indoor |
Track & Field Outdoor |
Wrestling | Total MIAA Sports | |||
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Arkansas-Fort Smith | 5 | ||||||||||||
Central Missouri | 8 | ||||||||||||
Central Oklahoma | 5 | ||||||||||||
Emporia State | 7 | ||||||||||||
Fort Hays State | 8 | ||||||||||||
Missouri Southern | 7 | ||||||||||||
Missouri Western | 7 | ||||||||||||
Nebraska-Kearney | 7 | ||||||||||||
Newman | 6 | ||||||||||||
Northeastern State | [b] | 3 | |||||||||||
Northwest Missouri State | 7 | ||||||||||||
Pittsburg State | 7 | ||||||||||||
Rogers State | 6 | ||||||||||||
Washburn | 8 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 6+5 | 10 | 10 | 5+1 | 91+6 | |||
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Augustana | 1 | ||||||||||||
Harding | 1 | ||||||||||||
Ouachita Baptist | 2 | ||||||||||||
Southeastern Oklahoma | 1 | ||||||||||||
Southern Arkansas | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Golf | Soccer | Softball | Tennis | Track & Field Indoor |
Track & Field Outdoor |
Volleyball | Total MIAA Sports |
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Arkansas-Fort Smith | 5 | |||||||||
Central Missouri | 8 | |||||||||
Central Oklahoma | 9 | |||||||||
Emporia State | 8 | |||||||||
Fort Hays State | 9 | |||||||||
Missouri Southern | 8 | |||||||||
Missouri Western | 9 | |||||||||
Nebraska-Kearney | 9 | |||||||||
Newman | 7 | |||||||||
Northeastern State | 5 | |||||||||
Northwest Missouri State | 9 | |||||||||
Pittsburg State | 7 | |||||||||
Rogers State | 7 | |||||||||
Washburn | 8 | |||||||||
Totals | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 108 |
School | Football Stadium | Capacity | Basketball Arena | Capacity |
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Arkansas-Fort Smith | non-football school |
Stubblefield Center | 3,000 | |
Central Missouri | Audrey J. Walton Stadium | 12,000 |
UCM Multipurpose Building | 6,500 |
Central Oklahoma | Chad Richison Stadium | 10,000 |
Hamilton Field House | 3,000 |
Emporia State | Francis G. Welch Stadium | 7,000 |
William L. White Auditorium | 5,000 |
Fort Hays State | Lewis Field Stadium | 6,362 |
Gross Memorial Coliseum | 7,200 |
Missouri Southern | Fred G. Hughes Stadium | 7,000 |
Leggett & Platt Athletic Center | 3,200 |
Missouri Western | Spratt Stadium | 7,200 |
MWSU Fieldhouse | 3,750 |
Nebraska-Kearney | Ron & Carol Cope Stadium | 5,250 |
Health and Sports Center | 6,000 |
Newman | non-football school |
Fugate Gymnasium | 1,242 | |
Northeastern State | Doc Wadley Stadium | 8,300 |
NSU Event Center | 3,100 |
Northwest Missouri State | Bearcat Stadium | 6,500 |
Bearcat Arena | 2,500 |
Pittsburg State | Carnie Smith Stadium | 7,950 |
John Lance Arena | 6,500 |
Rogers State | non-football school |
Claremore Expo Center | 2,000 | |
Washburn | Yager Stadium at Moore Bowl | 7,200 |
Lee Arena | 4,000 |
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The MIAA champion was determined via postseason tournament from 1982 to 1992, and 2006 to 2007. From 2003 to 2005, separate regular season and tournament champions were crowned.
School | Titles | Last Title |
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Central Missouri | 24 | 2014 | 1 |
Truman | 6 | 2007 | 3 |
Nebraska–Kearney | 6 | 2019 | 5 |
Washburn | 4 | 2011 | 0 |
Missouri Western | 1 | 2017 | 0 |
Central Oklahoma | 2015 | 0 | |
Emporia State | 2008 | 0 |
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N – North Division Champion (89–90 only)
S – South Division Champion (89–90 only)
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Titles | Last Title |
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Central Missouri | 26 | 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
Northwest Missouri State | 7 | 2018 | 0 | n/a |
Emporia State | 6 | 2017 | 2 | 2014 |
Southeast Missouri | 5 | 1987 | 0 | n/a |
Missouri Southern | 3 | 2015 | 2 | 2015 |
Southwest Missouri State | 3 | 1979 | 0 | n/a |
Missouri-Rolla | 2 | 1972 | 0 | n/a |
Missouri Western | 1 | 2013 | 0 | n/a |
Missouri-St. Louis | 1 | 1984 | 0 | n/a |
Pittsburg State | 1 | 1999 | 0 | n/a |
Central Oklahoma | 1 | 2018 | 0 | n/a |
Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | n/a | 1 | 2009 |
Lindenwood | 0 | n/a | 1 | 2017 |
Northeastern State | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Fort Hays | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Rogers State | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Washburn | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Newman | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
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Year | School |
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2001 | Central Missouri |
2002 | Central Missouri |
2003 | Central Missouri |
2004 | Central Missouri |
2005 | Central Missouri |
2006 | Central Missouri |
2007 | Emporia State |
2008 | Central Missouri |
2009 | Nebraska-Omaha |
2010 | Central Missouri |
2011 | Central Missouri |
2012 | Central Missouri |
2013 | Missouri Southern |
2014 | Emporia State |
2015 | Missouri Southern |
2016 | Central Missouri |
2017 | Lindenwood |
2018 | Central Missouri |
2019 | Central Missouri |
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
School | Conference | Tournament | ||
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Titles | Last Title |
Titles | Last Title | |
Emporia State | 9 | 2014 | 9 | 2018 |
Central Missouri | 8 | 2015 | 1 | 2015 |
Truman | 6 | 2004 | 2 | 2003 |
Missouri Southern | 5 | 2001 | 1 | 2001 |
Central Oklahoma | 3 | 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
Missouri Western | 2 | 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
Washburn | 2 | 2018 | 0 | n/a |
Northwest Missouri State | 2 | 1999 | 0 | n/a |
Nebraska-Omaha | 1 | 2011 | 1 | 2011 |
Missouri-St. Louis | 1 | 1989 | 0 | n/a |
Southeast Missouri | 1 | 1991 | 0 | n/a |
Fort Hays State | 0 | n/a | 1 | 2013 |
Rogers State | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Northeastern State | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Nebraska Kearney | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Pittsburg State | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Newman | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
Lincoln | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
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(prior to 2012, all championships were decided by the tournament champions)
School | Conference | Tournament | ||
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Central Missouri | 8 | 1983 | 0 | n/a |
Northwest Missouri State | 6 | 1986 | 0 | n/a |
Truman | 5 | 1979 | 0 | n/a |
Nebraska-Kearney | 4 | 2018–19 | 6 | 2018 |
Central Oklahoma | 2 | 2019–20 | 0 | n/a |
Lindenwood | 1 | 2014–15 | 0 | n/a |
Lincoln | 1 | 1976 | 0 | n/a |
Southeast Missouri State | 1 | 1981 | 0 | n/a |
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(prior to 2010, the conference championships was awarded to the tournament champions)
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